Recommendations

That the views of the Committee on the status of the actions listed in the Appendices A to C to the report be sought.

That the updated / amended work programme schedule attached at Appendix D be approved and uploaded to the Council's website.

Reasons for the Recommendations

To maintain effective tracking of the Committee's recommendations.

For information.

Background

An integral part of effective scrutiny is a mechanism for Scrutiny Committees to monitor their recommendations to ensure that desired actions are carried out and where necessary progress is reported back.

The work programme schedule provides a breakdown of reports anticipated to be considered by the Scrutiny Committee over the forthcoming months.

Relevant Issues and Options

Appendices A to C attached to this report set out the recommendations of the Scrutiny Committee and Members are requested to review progress against each recommendation, to assess whether further action may be required, ensure the required action is undertaken and to confirm which recommendations are to be agreed as completed.

It is important that decisions of Scrutiny Committees are tracked and monitored as failure to do so could result in a risk that recommended courses of action will not be followed and consequently lost. This would undermine the credibility of the scrutiny process.

Members are also requested to confirm approval of the Scrutiny Committee Work Programme Schedule attached at Appendix D, it being noted that the schedule is a proposed list of items for consideration and may be subject to change depending on prevailing circumstances.

The work programme itself details reports that have been requested by the Scrutiny Committee together with items that require regular monitoring and scrutiny. Other reports will be added to the schedule as and when necessity arises. The schedule will also detail Requests for Consideration that have been received and the consideration given by officers of the likely date they can be reported to the relevant Committee. With regard to Call-in Requests that are made following decisions of Cabinet, as these are required to be dealt with within 20 working days of a Cabinet decision (as per the Council's Constitution) , they will be included within the programme as and when received.